1. I think one of the highlights of my summer occurred yesterday when I made crescent roll wrapped hot dogs. I hate to say it but this pan was devoured. Okay, actually I love saying it.

2. I had quite the instagram binge over the weekend. Why is it so fun? It’s most definitely my favorite form of stalker… errr, I mean social… media.

3. Today is an exciting day because my friend Jenna’s book comes out! A few months ago when I returned home from vacation, the book was waiting in my mailbox and I dropped everything… like seriously, everything… and read the thing cover to cover. It’s a must read. Just do it.

4. Speaking of friends, I can’t get enough of this post Kristen wrote about best friends. Totally heart melting. And coming from someone who never had a ton of close friends growing up (because I miiiiight have been a impossible-to-get-along-with-i’m-always-right little snot ’til I was about, oh… 24 years old), I just lovelovelove it.

5. Freaking out over this perfect tutorial for coconut whipped cream. so coconutty! so creamy! so whipped!

6. After a giant recipe fail last week that involved buffalo chicken, I made some homemade french bread buffalo chicken pizzas with the remains and then topped them with jalapeños because I didn’t think I’d eat them. Then I couldn’t stop eating any, and I seriously thought I was going to start breathing fire. I was SWEATING, it was sososo hot. I have no tolerance for spice. I cried for 24 hours.

7. Alright. We know I don’t like coffee, but yada yada yada I still get some because I like to be cool. I vote Dunkin for the pumpkin spice win. Have since last year. And now that I’ve had two since Thursday, I’m set for the season.

That’s about as much as I can drink before being like ugh! take this coffee away from me!

8. Oh guess what! I am going to go broke this month because Ulta is having another 21 days of beauty. You can thank me later… or not. We’ll discuss at another time.

9. These people who created those Snapea Crisps? They live in a house of lies. No way that there are three servings in one bag… more like one serving. Or even half a serving.

10. Um my herbs? The ones I worked so hard to plant and then watched die a slow death? They’ve… returned. I haven’t watered them for weeks or even looked at them… and all of a sudden, boom I have herbs! Maybe they didn’t like my face?

11. If you read this blog, you may know that I have a, uh… small, teeny… tiny obsession… with Dawson’s Creek. So yeah… this made my life. Printing it out.

12. My brain is exploding with anticipation of all the new fun fall TV that’s returning… Boardwalk Empire, Homeland, Dexter… just give me a couch and call me a potato.

13. Oh and I also discovered the addiction that is HBO GO on my iPad, which basically means I’ve been glued to my iPad since last week. Somebody get me hobby. No really.

I don’t have that girly bff either… and it’s something I think about often because I wish there was someone like that. But how do you get that in your 30s if you don’t start your 30s with it? I think I’m screwed.

My brother posted a link to my FB the other day about rumors that Jennie Garth and Luke Perry are now dating in real life. The amount of joy that rumor brought me is completely oversized.

Um yes, I forwarded that Dawson’s Creek hilarity to a close friend the second I started reading it! Loved it. And I have the same friendship thing going on too…I made things pretty difficult growing up!
And I’m hooked on Instagram like nobody’s business too. We should follow each other! treats_with_a_twist

I laughed out loud (in the real way, not lame computer lol meaning way) so many times reading that Dawson’s Creek post! There may or may not have been a time when I would plan my life around watching episodes of Dawson’s Creek….

I have the worst luck with herbs too. I had a rosemary plant that was dead all last summer, then wouldn’t you know it it came back to life in JANUARY!! It was thriving inside the freezing cold garage next to a window. Go figure. I will never understand herbs…they are a bit like cats.
Thanks for the link to my coconut post!

You, my dear friend, make me smile… everytime I read a new post it makes me miss you even more! Let’s do Oregon again soon, please?

And I will have to check out the HBO thingamajig. We just got cable again (my family is a little over the top excited) and we have HBO now too. So tell me what I should be addicted to so I can get on it, please :)

Crescent wrapped hot dogs disappear quicker than I can make them around here. You’d think my son inhaled them or something. Gotta check out HBO Go, although, I surely don’t need anything else to distract me from getting things done. I’m easily get caught up in something and then Hello 5 o’clock.

Pretty sure crescent roll dough just makes everything better. I made mini crescent cinnamon rolls awhile back that tasted exactly like what you get at Cinnabon. Ate half the pan before my husband came down for breakfast.

I am obsessed with HBOGo too…we were using my boyfriend’s dad’s log-in (hopefully the HBO police don’t read this comment)…and then he decided to cancel HBO, which we discovered last night to our dismay.

You MUST watch The Newsroom. So good!! Perfect combination of Drama & Comedy–and I am in love with Emily Mortimer’s character.

Ohmygosh, I absolutely LOVED Dawson’s Creek in highschool! I have this friend, Ann Marie, who moved to my town in the 10th grade. We instantly became great friends. She was one of 5 children in this short, little French family. I’d go over to their house pretty much every weeknight for dinner. Her Mom was an AMAZING cook and made the best.lasagna.EVER. She’d also talk to her husband in french all the time and confuse the heck out of me! Anyway, I’d go over to her house and we’d watch the WB after dinner – Buffy, Charmed, Dawson’s Creek, Angel, etc. All of those shows. Dawson’s Creek was one of our faves. I actually watched a couple of episodes on netflix the other day lol. Thanks for sharing this. I cracked up laughing!

Ugh. And I want to cry because that Dawson’s Creek episode hasn’t actually been filmed (yet). I still can’t get over Joey & Pacey’s break-up, so how am I supposed to get over Katie & Tom’s?!?! I’m way too involved in this.

HBOGO ia my entire world. Welllllll, that is a bold-faced LIE because right now I am deeply, deeply immersed in Season 3 of Dawson’s Creek. Or simply, “The Creek” as the husband and I have taken to calling it. “Dawson’s” just contains soooo many syllables.

Re #1, crescent roll – is that like croissant pastry? I like to do mine in puff pastry (here in Oz they call ‘em “Puffy Dogs”), and they’re really cute if you use the little cocktail frankfurts…perfect finger food!

Yes it does exist but it costs a310, and has some very varied reweivs:8 people gave it 5 stars1 person gave it 4 stars1 person gave it 3 stars1 person gave it 2 stars11 people gave it 1 star.Surely the DoH could do something better than this.[Data taken from UK iTunes App store on the 26/08/11]

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I’m Jessica and this is where I share my stuff. You will find a balance of healthy recipes, comfort food and indulgent desserts.

I am madly, passionately, inexplicably in love with food. Bacon makes me beam. Chocolate makes me shout from the rooftops with joy. Vegetables and I are the best of frenemies. My perfect world would include none of them.
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